| I'm going to suggest a few pieces of home recording | | | | is amazingly powerful for the price....which is "free." |
| equipment for you to start a studio at home. But unlike | | | | That's right. A program called "Audacity" is available for |
| a lot of other articles out there doing the same thing, | | | | download from the web. It's open-source and well-nigh |
| I'm going to get you going (more than 90 percent of | | | | ubiquitous now. So there is lots of support and |
| you any way) for well under $10. I'm taking it as a | | | | information for it. |
| given if you're reading this (that's the 90 percent part) | | | | If your plan is to record music, you probably won't be |
| that you have a computer with a sound card and an | | | | satisfied with the quality of a PC mic into a factory |
| internet connection. The only thing I'll assume you need | | | | sound card. So does that mean you have to move |
| is a microphone of some kind. But you might be | | | | immediately to an expensive mic costing hundreds of |
| surprised at my recommendations on that score. | | | | dollars? Absolutely not. In fact, there is a massive |
| The first thing you're going to need to do with a new | | | | quality improvement in sound quality just by springing |
| home recording studio is learn how to use it. And | | | | for a USB microphone (not the headset kind) for just |
| guess what? You can learn to do all audio recording | | | | around $30. I'd bet that a vast majority of folks starting |
| basics with a $5.00 PC microphone. In fact, depending | | | | their first home recording studio would need nothing |
| on what you will be using your studio for (voiceover | | | | more than this to create and produce professional |
| only, for example), the audio quality you get from your | | | | quality audio. |
| "training" studio may be sufficient. It's mostly about | | | | So did you think you could get all the home recording |
| technique than gear, and by using the right techniques, | | | | equipment needed for a studio for only $30.00? It's |
| even with the cheapest gear, can yield some very | | | | true. Combined with the video tutorials at Home Brew |
| surprising audio quality. | | | | Audio, you have no more excuses for not creating |
| Your actual recorder will be a piece of software that | | | | and producing your own pro audio from home. |